#grand duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna

[adini-nikolaevna]

“Four royal roses,

You passed through the gates of paradise.”

- Vladimir Petrushevsky, 1923.

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New photo of Grand Duchesses Anastasia and Olga Nikolaevna, Mogilev 1916

Photo shared by Ilya aka LastRomanovs on Flickr and Sledstvie on Instagram

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The Russian Tiara in 'Anastasia'

The tiara that Maria Feodorovna gives to Anastasia actually existed and was called the “Russian tiara”.

According to legend, the “Russian tiara” was part of the jewelry collection that Maria Feodorovna (left) did not want to give to the new empress Alexandra Feodorovna (right), who was Anastasia's mother, despite tradition.

This, however, did not prevent Alexandra Feodorovna from having a “Russian tiara” specially made for her.

The fate of the two tiaras belonging to the last empresses of the Russian Empire is unknown.

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Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia of Russia, 1914.

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“the romanov kids deserved better” - Submitted by Anonymous

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Grand Duchesses Marie and Anastasia Romanov on the Lower Dacha in 1909.

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‘You kindly asked after the children & I enclose their last photos to give you an idea what they look like. Thank God Alexei has been keeping in much better health & has grown very much. He will be 10 this summer. I think you would love him […] He has such a tender heart - & bears pains so patiently - is very merry & clever’.

Photographs enclosed with a letter sent by Empress Alexandra to her aunt Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 17/30 May 1914. (x)

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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova

❈ “We swung on the swing; boy, did I laugh when I fell off so splendidly!” ◦ “I took this picture of myself looking at the mirror. It was very hard as my hands were trembling.” ◦ “Goodbye. Don’t forget me.” • Anastasia (various sources)

❈ “My favorite goddaughter was she indeed! I liked her fearlessness. She was a fearful tomboy. And what a bundle of mischief!” • Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

❈ “Anastasia Nicolaevna was the originator of all mischief, and was as witty and amusing as she was lazy at her lessons. She was quick and observant, with a keen sense of humour, and was the only one of the sisters who never knew the meaning of shyness. Even as a baby she had entertained grave old men, who were her neighbors at table, with her astonishing remarks.” • Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden

❈ “Her French accent was excellent, and she acted scenes from comedy with remarkable talent. ... Ingenuousness and utter simplicity were the most characteristic qualities of Anastasia Nicolaievna. She was the imp of the whole house, and the glummest faces would always brighten in her presence, for it was impossible to resist her jokes and nonsense. [S]he was aflame with life and animation.”  • Pierre Gilliard 

❈ “The youngest Grand Duchess might have been composed of quicksilver, instead of flesh and blood; she was most amusing, and she was a very clever mimic. She saw the humorous side of everything, and she was very fond of acting.” • Lili Dehn

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~ ☁︎︎ ☁︎︎ ♡︎ 𝑂𝑇𝑀𝐴 𝑥 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 ♡︎ ☁︎︎ ☁︎︎ ~

✽ 𝐴nastasia Nikolaevna + 𝐴my March ✽

“Talent isn’t genius and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great or nothing.”

“The youngest girl, Anastasia, was spirited, sly and playful…She has been described as a little inextinguishable volcano, with a world of her own.”

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Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolayevna

I had never thing Olga with her hair down like that.

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New photo of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia painting with a bucket on her head 😂, Livadia 1914

Released by Ilya aka Sledstvie on Instagram and LastRomanovs on Flickr

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Anastasia's ball gown: cartoon's or musical's version?

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The Mighty Nein: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon AU (Guest PCs)

More Critical Role mons, this time the guest player characters of Campaign 2. These were super fun to do ^^ Next will be C2 antagonists!

[royal-confessions]

“Back when I romanticized the Romanovs, I used to wish I was another one of their sisters and I had escaped. I look back on that and cringe a little. Still interested in their story” - Submitted by Anonymous

[babyboywinchester]

Let us take a moment to remember our Tsar Martyr Nicholas II who 106 years ago, on the night of July 16-17, was murdered along with his immediate family and four of their faithful retinue in a dismal basement in Yekaterinburg.

May you rest in peace, Tsar Nicholas, and your beloved wife and beautiful children. The burdens you had to bear were too heavy for an earthly crown, but now you have a heavenly kingdom to inherit.

Forgive them father for they know not what they do.